By Julian Branch It has been almost two-years since CTV’s W5 aired a segment on asbestos cement water mains in Canada. What has happened since has turned out to be expected, perplexing, and quite troubling. The investigative news report painted a disturbing picture of a lot of asbestos cement pipe in Canada, as well as […]
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Asbestos Cement Water Pipes – Should We Be Concerned?
The 1930s were an exciting time for water infrastructure in North America. A new type of water pipe had been introduced in Canada and the United States just a year earlier. Asbestos cement (AC) water pipe was billed as cheaper, lightweight, and seemingly impervious to deterioration. Over the next few decades, the use of the […]
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